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MOVING BEYOND GDP TOWARDS A HUMAN RIGHTS ECONOMY

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MOVING BEYOND GDP TOWARDS A HUMAN RIGHTS ECONOMY

UN Human Rights Council Event Reflects Momentum for Paradigm Shift

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It’s time to change the metric by which much of the world traditionally measures
economic wellbeing: gross domestic product (GDP). The drive for steadily higher
GDP growth is fueling environmental disasters and worsening the lives of
billions of people.

Instead of giving attention to GDP, governments should focus on developing a
human rights economy which builds an economic system that enables all people to
realize their human rights on a livable planet.

Fundamentally changing our economic system seems like an insurmountable
challenge. But there are concrete actions states and international institutions
can take to build an economic system that achieves progress for all, not just
some, and safeguards our environment.

The missing ingredient from the international system is human rights. A human
rights economy is experienced on a local level – by all people enjoying their
rights like quality public services, universal social security systems, and fair
and living wages and safe working conditions, not to mention a livable planet –
but it is enabled on the global level by rewriting the rules of the global
economic system to more equitably distribute global resources between countries.

Taking steps on a path towards a human rights economy was the theme of a July 2
event of the United Nations Human Rights Council. Governments from four regions
– Malaysia, The Gambia, Chile, Panama, and Spain – joined with the Office of the
High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and eight civil society organizations
that work on economic justice, including Human Rights Watch, in the event on the
sidelines of a UN Human Rights Council (HRC) session. It built on similar
discussions that took place at the HRC session in October 2023 and at a
HRC intersessional meeting in January 2024, reflecting momentum for change.
Around 80 people attended, including representatives from 25 states.

At the July 2 session, the inadequacies of GDP alone as a measure for how
countries and citizens are faring was a common theme. In her opening remarks,
Malaysia’s ambassador to the UN, Dato’ Nadzirah Osman, said her country seeks to
“collaborate with like-minded countries and international organisations to
promote a fairer and sustainable global economic order, based on the principles
of human rights. Malaysia is committed to playing its part in this
transformation. By fostering an economy that values well-being over mere GDP
growth, we can build a more just, equitable and sustainable world for all.”

Olivier de Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights,
struck similar notes. “For decades, GDP growth was the dominant approach for
eradicating poverty, but it never fulfilled its promise and devastated our
planet,” he said. "One concrete step that can be taken to achieve a ‘human
rights economy’ is to replace GDP and a focus on growth with measures of
progress grounded in human rights: meeting the challenges of the climate crisis,
addressing inequalities, and eradicating poverty.”

Surya Deva, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to development, told the
gathering that the current economic development model has serious deficits, as
poverty isn’t being reduced enough and inequality is rising: the benefits of
economic growth are not getting shared equitably. He asserted that the right to
a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment is as important as the right to
development. Also, “there is not enough or meaningful participation of people in
development policies, plans and projects, leading to social conflicts and
attacks against human rights defenders. In view of these development deficits,
we should look for a new model of economic development. I am calling it a
planet-centered participatory model of development.”

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Todd Howland, Chief of the Development, Economic, and Social Rights Branch at
OHCHR, said that people hear the economy is growing, “but they see their
opportunities, education, health and well-being negatively impacted. They see
some doing well and many doing not so well. A human rights economy puts human
rights back in the policy equation to ensure all benefit from the economy.”


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